After then-No. 1 Alabama beat Texas A&M in a close game, Saban lamented that his players got too caught up in the praise from the media, which he called “rat poison.” Since then, Kiffin has joked about rat poison on countless occasions. Tuesday’s edition involved a meme from a USC blog.

It references Saban’s comments after the Tide lost in the Iron Bowl to Auburn and his response from 2016 when asked if a conference title should stand above “anything else on a résumé for consideration for the playoff.” Not surprisingly, it takes Saban completely out of context.

In 2016, Ohio State finished the regular season 11-1 but missed out on the Big Ten title game because of a loss to Penn State. Alabama finds itself in the same spot this year and Saban is hoping his team makes it into the College Football Playoff like OSU did last year.

After Saturday’s loss to the Tigers, Saban said, “I think this team deserves the opportunity to get in the playoff because of what they’ve accomplished and been able to do.”